Huron Lightship
LV-103 circa 1922
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| Name: | LV-103 |
| Builder: | Consolidated Shipbuilding Co |
| Laid down: | June 5, 1918 |
| Launched: | May 1, 1920 |
| In service: | December 22, 1920 |
| Out of service: | August 25, 1970 |
| Fate: | Museum Ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 312 tons |
| Length: | 97 ft (30 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion: | 175 hp steam engine (original equipment) |
| Speed: | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Crew: | 11 |
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Huron (lightship)
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| Location | Port Huron, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°59′21″N 82°25′36″W / 42.98917°N 82.42667°WCoordinates: 42°59′21″N 82°25′36″W / 42.98917°N 82.42667°W |
| Built | 1918 |
| Architect | Consolidated Shipbuilding Co. |
| NRHP Reference # | 76001974 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 12 July 1976 |
| Designated NHL | 20 December 1989 |
The United States lightship Huron (LV-103) is a lightvessel that was launched in 1920. She is now a museum ship moored in Pine Grove Park, Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan.
Huron is one of many lightvessels that plied the waters of the Great Lakes.
In 1832 the first lightship on the Great Lakes was placed at Waugoshance Shoal. That wooden light ship was the Lois McLain. In 1851 she was replaced by the Waugoshance Light, which is at one of the most hazardous areas near the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan.
In Lake Huron, Huron was the third ship to be placed at Corsica Shoals, a station established in 1893, replacing a gas buoy that was "somewhat ineffective". Three vessels bore the designation of 'Huron Lightship' from 1893 to 1970. The first was Lightship No. 61, a wooden-hulled ship, painted red with white lettering saying "Corsica Shoals" on her sides. Lightship No. 61 served from September 1893 until 1921. She was lost during the November Great Lakes Storm of 1913, which destroyed at least 12 ships and over 250 lives, when she was torn from her moorings and forced onto Point Edward on the Canadian shore. The grounding of Lightship No. 61 was a contributing factor in the loss of the Matthew Andrews at Corsica Shoals. In any event, she was reclaimed and repaired, and remained in service until 1920, when she was retired and sold at auction.
In the same storm, Lightship Buffalo (LV-82) foundered near Buffalo in Lake Erie, with the loss of six lives. See Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm and List of victims of the 1913 Great Lakes storm. Buffalo was salvaged and saw service with the Coast Guard until 1936.
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